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“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.”
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“Rocky, if I’ve learned anything from my train wreck of a marriage, it’s that no one can take care of me better than I can.”
― Thieves Like Us
― Thieves Like Us
“In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”
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“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
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“Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.”
― When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes
― When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes
Candi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Candi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
33 books
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29 friends
29 books
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9 friends
25 books
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15 friends
0 books
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42 friends
4 books
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8 friends
22 books
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81 friends
1 book
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35 friends
0 books
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35 friends
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